George Collier

Sir George Collier (11 May 1732-6 April 1795) was a Vice-Admiral of the Royal Navy of Great Britain who fought in the Seven Years' War, American Revolutionary War, and the French Revolutionary Wars. He was the admiral of the British during the Penobscot Expedition of 1779.

Biography
George Collier was born in London in 1732, and in 1754 he was made a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of Great Britain. He fought under Admiral George Pocock in the East Indies during the Seven Years' War, and during the American Revolutionary War he fought in the North American Station. Collier was knighted in 1775 for his services and in 1777 destroyed American supplies at Machias in Maine.

In 1779, Collier destroyed the American fleet that took part in an assault on the recently-established British outpost at Penobscot Bay in Maine, but was later replaced by Mariot Arbuthnot. He fought in the Atlantic Ocean against French and Spanish fleets, but in 1781 he argued with Lord Sandwich and was dismissed. During the French Revolutionary Wars he led the fleet at the Nore, but resigned due to ill health. He died in 1795.